'The Help': 1,000,000 copy seller on Kindle - Page 3

Sil_liS · 08-18-2011, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by ProfCrash

I read the book and I don't think it white washes anything. There is a real discussion about the financial, physical, and social danger that the women participating in the writing of the book are in. There is a real discussion of the biogtry and pettiness of White society. There is a real discussion of the hard lives that the Black women lead and insight into how those women viewed the White families they worked for.

The comment on the movie from one of the sites on the cheezburger network:
Cons: Anybody else find it a little bit insulting when movies turn the civil rights movement into a story about compassionate white people?

ProfCrash · 08-18-2011, 09:57 AM

I am commenting on the book and not the movie. I can see where the movie would lose all the nuiance of the book.

The Book did a nice job of showing how the White Author was learning a great deal about the real lives of the Black women who had been hired to help her as a child. She benefits from the stories of the women she interviews but the women who provide their stories grow as people though the process. Along the way, the audience learns about their lives and the problems that they face and the jeopardy they were in for participating in the project.

It is not ideal, the White author gains a reputation and career off of the stories of the Black women. At least one of the contributors loses her job and the others could face recriminations and might be in physical danger for participating. But the picture it paints, I thought, was honest.

I am sure the movie misses all of this.

JSWolf · 08-18-2011, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by RockdaMan

That Moo-bi sure is whippin' the pants off that ePuff...

You don't know this. There are not hard numbers out there to prove or disprove.

RockdaMan · 08-18-2011, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

You don't know this. There are not hard numbers out there to prove or disprove.

1,000,0000 several times over.

What other numbers are there?

JSWolf · 08-18-2011, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by RockdaMan

1,000,0000 several times over.

What other numbers are there?

There are numbers for ePub, eReader, PDF, and any other format it's available in.

RockdaMan · 08-18-2011, 05:20 PM

Ok...

kjk · 08-18-2011, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

There are numbers for ePub, eReader, PDF, and any other format it's available in.

There should be-if it sold well on one platform, no reason why it wouldn't do well on others. Maybe Sony, B&N, and Kobo will release their sales numbers for it.

I'm curious to see how they compare.

RockdaMan · 08-18-2011, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kjk

There should be-if it sold well on one platform, no reason why it wouldn't do well on others. Maybe Sony, B&N, and Kobo will release their sales numbers for it.

I'm curious to see how they compare.

The spat about battery life in the new Nooks and in the Kobo Touch told us that these companies are responding to every slightest provocation from Amazon.

If they had 1,000,000 sales of their own, they would have published it right away.

joobies · 08-18-2011, 05:40 PM

I really don't want to get in the way of your .epub vs .mobi discussion....
When this book first came out, I downloaded a sample and disliked it.
My daughter, who is on my account, recently requested it... so, I purchased it.
Read it. Enjoyed it. What changed? Had to get past the initial opinions and attitudes at the start of the book.

Fbone · 08-18-2011, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga

Anyway....

I still think it's somewhat telling that the other ebook retailers haven't professed similar sales figures.

FWIW it's also #1 on the NYT E-Book Fiction list. Not surprising, I suppose.

Did you notice there is no "Buy" button for ebooks on the NYT list? All the print editions have them.

I just find it funny.

Barty · 08-19-2011, 12:18 AM

Is the book that good? It has the To Kill a Mockingbird for Lifetime vibe to it that makes me want to avoid like the measles.

ProfCrash · 08-19-2011, 07:55 AM

The book is good. At least, I enjoyed it.

MrsJoseph · 08-19-2011, 12:58 PM

I think that the treatment of the author's brother's maid killed any possibility of my reading this book or seeing the movie. Especially once I read that the maid sued after being encouraged by the author's brother - and that the father has "no comment" when asked about his daughter's relationship with the maid.

applepie · 08-19-2011, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SensualPoet

There are now ten authors in the 1 million Kindle ebooks sold to date club ... and so far not a single other vendor -- B&N's Nook, Sony's EReader or Kobo -- has announced even a single author sales of 1 million ebooks.

Amazon is the best. B&N is good too, but I personally like Amazon more.

JSWolf · 08-19-2011, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by applepie

Amazon is the best. B&N is good too, but I personally like Amazon more.

You have a nook, why would buying in a non-supported format be the best?

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08-18-2011, 09:57 AM	#32
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I am commenting on the book and not the movie. I can see where the movie would lose all the nuiance of the book. The Book did a nice job of showing how the White Author was learning a great deal about the real lives of the Black women who had been hired to help her as a child. She benefits from the stories of the women she interviews but the women who provide their stories grow as people though the process. Along the way, the audience learns about their lives and the problems that they face and the jeopardy they were in for participating in the project. It is not ideal, the White author gains a reputation and career off of the stories of the Black women. At least one of the contributors loses her job and the others could face recriminations and might be in physical danger for participating. But the picture it paints, I thought, was honest. I am sure the movie misses all of this.

08-18-2011, 05:20 PM	#36
RockdaMan Banned Posts: 1,644 Karma: 213512 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: On the other side of over there Device: Pandigital Novel, Kindle G1 (broken), iPod Touch	Ok...

08-18-2011, 05:40 PM	#39
joobies Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 1856 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle 1, Sony PRS-505	I really don't want to get in the way of your .epub vs .mobi discussion.... When this book first came out, I downloaded a sample and disliked it. My daughter, who is on my account, recently requested it... so, I purchased it. Read it. Enjoyed it. What changed? Had to get past the initial opinions and attitudes at the start of the book.

08-19-2011, 12:18 AM	#41
Barty doofus Posts: 2,543 Karma: 13089041 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Voyage	Is the book that good? It has the To Kill a Mockingbird for Lifetime vibe to it that makes me want to avoid like the measles.

08-19-2011, 07:55 AM	#42
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	The book is good. At least, I enjoyed it.

08-19-2011, 12:58 PM	#43
MrsJoseph Loves Ellipsis... Posts: 1,554 Karma: 7899232 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Washington, DC Device: Kobo Wifi (broken), nook STR (returned), Kobo Touch, Sony T1	I think that the treatment of the author's brother's maid killed any possibility of my reading this book or seeing the movie. Especially once I read that the maid sued after being encouraged by the author's brother - and that the father has "no comment" when asked about his daughter's relationship with the maid.

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